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How AI can improve repossessions with Geoff Weathersby of SVR Tracking
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 06:02 PM
Artificial intelligence helps individuals and businesses in many ways nowadays. Can AI help to sharpen the repossession process, too? Geoff Weathersby thinks so. The chief operating officer of SVR Tracking explained how on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto ... Listen Here
Talking titles with Dave Spencer of Vitu
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, 04:35 PM
Some folks might consider title work the most boring part of automotive. Well, on the Live Stage presented by SYNC Auto Logistics at Used Car Week 2025, Vitu vice president of national sales Dave Spencer explained how exciting — and ... Listen Here
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here

2 separate surveys detail depth of consumers’ concern about personal data and privacy

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Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, 03:27 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Separate consumer surveys by KPMG and by Ponemon Institute sponsored by ID Experts uncovered the growing concern consumers have about their personal data and privacy as more technology is leveraged. According to the survey from KPMG, 56% of Americans reported ... [Read More]

Crediverso launches website to help Hispanic consumers manage credit

Carlos Hernandez for web
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, 03:24 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Crediverso is looking to use its recently launched online presence to give Hispanic consumers information and options to make wise credit decisions. To bridge a cultural gap where U.S. banking institutions might have fallen short, Crediverso highlighted that its mobile ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Revisiting risk calculations as COVID-19 continues

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Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Back in May, Michael Sogomonian, the director of decision science at Digital Matrix Systems, suggested a series of actions finance companies could take to protect their portfolios during the coronavirus pandemic. For this installment of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Sogomonian revisited ... [Read More]

Market Scan welcomes Reid as vice president of strategic partnerships

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Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of Cherokee Media Group’s first Women in Auto Finance honorees is taking on a new professional challenge. Market Scan Information Systems announced on Monday that its new vice president of strategic partnerships is Jennifer Reid, whose resume includes time with ... [Read More]

ANALYSIS: Is coronavirus a crisis for asset-finance operations or a catalyst for technological change?

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Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020, 09:25 PM
Brendan Gleeson, White Clarke Group
Business leaders have largely embraced the rapid introduction of home working and digital processes as an inevitable necessity. Though the global lockdown has rapidly accelerated trends in digitalization, seeing many asset finance businesses moving their operations entirely online in a ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Auto-loan fraud is pervasive yet preventable

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Sunday, Jul. 26, 2020, 07:24 PM
Gilad Komorov, Lightico
Auto-loan fraud is a significant challenge to the auto-finance industry — one that actually grew during the pandemic. Auto-finance fraud reportedly cost the industry $7 billion in 2018 alone and resulted in damage to business reputation and compliance issues. Better ... [Read More]

FunnelAI hires former Gulf States Toyota VP as COO

funnelai for web
Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2020, 02:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who spent nearly two decades with Gulf States Toyota now is the chief operating officer FunnelAI, a real-time B2B artificial intelligence-based semantic search platform. Taking on this role for FunnelAI is Laura Ryan, who will be responsible for ... [Read More]

Pandemic pushes ACH activity 7.9% higher in Q2

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 03:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Nacha highlighted how much electronic financial transactions jumped year-over-year during the second quarter, triggered in part by the coronavirus pandemic. The steward of the ACH Network, a payment system that universally connects all U.S. bank accounts and facilitates ... [Read More]

CarLabs.ai names Ruble as VP of business development

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 03:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who began his professional career in the trenches at a dealership now is the vice president of business development of CarLabs.ai, an artificial intelligence-powered, conversational engagement platform designed to successfully implement and personalize sales and customer service via ... [Read More]

6 potential benefits of CU Direct integration with VinSolutions

CU Direct VinSolutions for web
Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 02:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This past week, CU Direct announced a new integration with VinSolutions automotive CRM, creating what the tech firms believe are six benefits for dealership F&I offices. As a result of the collaboration, CU Direct has expanded its CUDL auto financing ... [Read More]
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